Sell or Auction Your Jack Kerouac On the Road 1st Edition With Original Jacket for up to $1,800 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions
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Sell Your Jack Kerouac On the Road 1st Edition with Original Jacket
We sold a first edition copy of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. Please see details below:
Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” First Edition, First Printing
First edition, first printing of “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac. New York: Viking Press Inc., 1957. With all first printing points including the placement of the $3.95 price on the right hand side of the front dust jacket flap, and the portrait of Kerouac on the rear dust jacket flap. Copyright page reads “Published in 1957 by the Viking Press, Inc.”, with no other printings listed, as well as “Printed in U.S.A. by the Colonial Press Inc.” as required. “On the Road” has been hailed as the most important novel of the Beat Generation, exploring the years just prior to the unfurling of the 1960s. At the time of its release, “The New York Times” described it as “the most beautifully executed, the clearest and the most important utterance yet made by the generation”. Book measures 5.5″ x 8.25″ and runs 310pp. A small amount of chipping to dust jacket, mostly to spine; very good plus condition. Book has very slight shelf wear; near fine condition. Sold for $1,800.
The following are some additional Jack Kerouac items we sold:
“The Americans” First U.S. Edition Photography Book, With an Introduction by Jack Kerouac
Rare first U.S. edition of “The Americans” by Robert Frank, in its original dust jacket. New York: Grove Press, 1959. Considered a landmark in American photography, “The Americans” features 84 of Frank’s iconic black and white photographs, which Jack Kerouac describes as having “agility, mystery, genius, sadness and strange secrecy of a shadow “. In 1955-56 the European-born Frank traveled across the United States to study and capture the country’s people and culture, capturing images from various cultures and socioeconomic levels. Unable to secure an American publisher, Frank’s work was initially published in France by Robert Delpire in 1958, and then by Grove Press in 1959 once Kerouac agreed to write the introduction after meeting Frank on a sidewalk and seeing his photographs. The images continue to resonate, beginning with the dust jacket where a segregated bus shows, from front to back, a white man, white woman, white children and then two black men, giving disparate looks to the camera. Bound in black cloth boards with dramatic and bold gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket (showing $7.50 price) is lightly chipped with tape repair to verso of front cover; overall very good condition. Previous owner’s stamp and signature to front free endpaper, otherwise book is near fine. Sold for $3,000.
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Jack Kerouac Signed Autograph Letter
Jack Kerouac signed autograph letter postcard, “Jack” and printed “Jack Kerouac (signed)” on the reverse, measuring 5.5″ x 3.25″ to an associate. In part: “Please return manuscript of Corso’s Bomb… I waited for you that night & wasted work time. However if you want to talk please do not bring ladies, I have too many of my own to contend with – Am reading Casanova.” A very clean piece, giving insight into Kerouac’s dedication to writing and his active love life. An excellent Jack Kerouac signed autograph letter. Sold for $2,559.
FREE ESTIMATE. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Jack Kerouac On the Road 1st edition with original jacket that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).